Chagos Conservation Trust

Analysis

Chagos Conservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Chagos Conservation Trust reported income of £40k and spending of £127k, spending 316% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £21k to £40k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 616%. Over the whole period it spent 391% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Chagos Conservation Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Conservation Research Africa (£40k), Conservation South Luangwa UK (£40k) and Manchester Environmental Education Network (£40k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.